Poetry Quote by Czeslaw Milosz — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Not soon, as late as the approach of my ninetieth year, I felt a door opening in me and I entered the clarity of early morning.”

“I have defined poetry as a 'passionate pursuit of the Real.”

“The purpose of poetry is to remind us / how difficult it is to remain just one person...”

“It is sweet to think I was a companion in an expedition that never ends”

“In the very essence of poetry there is something indecent; A thing brought forth that we didn't know we had in us, So we blink our eyes, as if a tiger had sprung out And stood in the light, licking its tail.”

“I've tried”

“Only my books anoint me,”

“If life transcends death”

“My tongue remembers your wounded flavor.”

“There are two ways to dislike poetry: One is to dislike it; the other is to read Pope.”

“And to 'scape stormy days, I choose an everlasting night.”